﻿WAYNE TWP. — One man was taken into custody Sunday and police
were still seeking multiple suspects Monday after a robbery in
which two men were shot at while walking along a township road.

John Allen Pounds, 47, of 1585 Fox St., Wayne Township, was
arrested Sunday evening, about an hour after state police said
he

shot at two men in the 4400 block

of Hollow Road in Wayne Town-

ship and robbed one of them, a North Sewickley Township
resident.

State police are still seeking Edward Joseph Prestia, 43, of 112
Hillcrest Court, Beaver Falls, who has been charged with robbery,
aggravated assault and simple assault and two counts of conspiracy
to commit robbery.

According to a document filed Monday with the office of District
Judge Jerry Cartwright Jr., Pounds and Prestia were driving north
in separate vehicles on Hollow Road, Wayne Township, just before
5 p.m. when they saw Marty Hall Jr., 48, of 380 Grandview Road,
North Sewickley Township, and Neil Graham, 27, of 4411 Hollow Road,
Wayne Township, walking south along the road.

Police said Prestia’s and Pounds’ vehicles went a short distance
before they made a U-turn and drove back toward Hall and Graham.
Pounds was a passenger in the lead vehicle, which stopped within 10
feet of Hall and Graham.

Pounds, who was armed with a .45-caliber handgun, fired at Hall
and Graham, and the two men ran off, according to police. Graham
successfully got away, but police said Prestia tackled Hall and
began hitting and kicking him.

At least two other people were in the two vehicles, and
police

said they held Hall down while Prestia beat him. Hall had
multiple injuries, including cuts and a

concussion. He was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital and
released.

Police said Hall and Graham are acquainted with Pounds and
Prestia and identified them as the main attackers.

According to the court documents, Hall’s son Joshua Hall saw the
attack from a nearby house and reported seeing Prestia punching
Hall while controlling him with a headlock. Joshua Hall also
reported seeing Pounds sitting in the passenger seat of the lead
vehicle.

Prestia and Pounds robbed Hall of $140, his cell phone and
several prescription medications, police said.

A search of the scene turned up empty drug bottles with markings
indicating that the pills had been prescribed for Marty Hall, blood
on the pavement and a bullet casing from a .45-caliber handgun.

As of Monday afternoon, state police were seeking Prestia and at
least one other suspect in the shooting and robbery.

Pounds has an extensive criminal history dating to 1992,
according to state court records. Most recently, he pleaded guilty
in February 2007 to furnishing liquor to minors and, in a separate
incident, to aggravated assault of a prisoner.

He was arraigned Monday morning before Cartwright on charges of
attempted homicide, criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery,
aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.